Reptiles and amphibians as laboratory animals

Lab Animal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 43-47

  O'Rourke, Dorcas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HOUSING; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REPTILE; REVIEW; SANITATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; REPTILES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0038379109     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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